The literature on corporate governance has highlighted the importance of board characteristics related to firm innovation. However, empirical findings have not been totally conclusive, and some seem contradictory. Adopting a new perspective, we have tried to help resolve the puzzle using a...

Many firms tout their commitment to diversity, sometimes appointing racial minorities to their board of directors. We find that firms with more minority directors are associated with greater innovation output. Using patent-inventor information, we uncover an important yet previously...

The main goal of this work is to develop an exploratory analysis of the board composition of Spanish companies that belong to innovative economic sectors. We seek to contribute to the inconclusive literature that analyses the relationship between board composition and innovation, exploring the...